Status - John Skinner - USS O'Brien:
O'Brien was escorting a convoy to Pago Pago, American Samoa that would arrive there on the 28th.
Having already sent two carrier task forces to the Coral Sea area, Nimitz began planning to send all his carriers there in anticipation of an upcoming attack. The Task Force 16 carriers were planned to arrive in mid-May.
U. S. Navy Task Forces:
- Task Force 17 (Yorktown)
remained in the South Pacific area to continue raids and offensive
operations; it was currently at
Tongatabu for a week of refurbishment, then to return to the Coral Sea
area and meet Task Force 11.
- Task Force 11 (Lexington) Lexington was enroute to the Coral Sea area to
reunite with Task Force 17 when it returned from Tongatabu. Expected rendezvous was on May 1st near New Caledonia.
- Task Force
16 (Enterprise), with the USS Hornet group had completed the attack on Japan and were returning to Pearl Harbor.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 186-187.
- The First South Pacific Campaign, John B. Lundstrom, pp. 80-81.
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